Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography

Thousands of short American lives — soldiers, inventors, preachers, governors, novelists — each given a paragraph: born where, did what, and why anyone remembered.

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558 lives in this part of Herringshaw's American Biography, printed on pages 521–543.

Jack, William – Jocelyn, George Beniers

245 lives · printed pages 521–530

John, John Price Durbin – Jones, Willie

259 lives · printed pages 530–540

Jordan, Ambrose Latting – Justus, Cummins C

54 lives · printed pages 540–543

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